Making Sense of Fatherhood: Gender, Caring and Work

by Tina Miller

Book Overview

As family and work demands become more complex, who is left holding the baby? Tina Miller explores men's experiences of fatherhood and provides unique insights into paternal caring, changing masculinities and men's relations to paid work. She focuses on the narratives of a group of men as they first anticipate and then experience fatherhood for the first time. Her original, longitudinal research contributes to contemporary theories of gender against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052174301X
• ISBN13: 9780521743013
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"